LCCFRS Medical Review

Your patient exhibited signs of a stroke which resolved in 24 hours. What is this?

• Transient Iscehmic Attack (TIA)
• Stroke
• Ischemic Stroke
• Hemorrhagic Stroke

True or False: Brain tissue dies as a result of a transient ischemic attack.

• true
• false

Your patient has difficulty understanding spoken words. What is this?

• Expressive Aphasia
• Ataxia
• Dysarthria
• Receptive Aphasia

Another term for slurred speech is?

• Expressive Aphasia
• Ataxia
• Dysarthria
• Receptive Aphasia

Your patient has difficulty articulating words. What is this?

• Expressive Aphasia
• Ataxia
• Dysarthria
• Receptive Aphasia

This is a neurologic episode caused by a surge of electrical activity in the brain.

• Stroke
• Seizure
• Headache
• Postictal

While obtaining a history for your unresponsive patient, you learn that he is taking Klonopin. What is a likely cause for his unresponsiveness?

• Epileptic Seizure
• Stroke
• Migraine Headache
• Tension Headache

Answer explanation

Klonopin is used alone or together with other medicines to treat certain seizure disorders (eg, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, akinetic, myoclonic, and absence seizures). It is also used to treat panic disorder. Klonopin is a benzodiazepine that works in the brain to prevent seizures. Benzodiazepines are central nervous system (CNS) depressants, which are medicines that slow down the nervous system.

Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/clonazepam-oral-route/description/drg-20072102

This is a term for weakness on one side of the body.

• Hemiparesis
• Paralysis
• Quadriplegic
• Paraplegic

What is the build-up of fluid in the abdomen usually caused by severe liver disease, such as cirrhosis, called?

• Ascites
• Abdominal Edema
• Pedal Edema
• Pulmonary Edema

What is a weakened section of an artery wall called?

• Embolus
• AAA
• Aneurysm
• Rupture